On Mon 13 May 2013 19:24, Allen Wirfs-Brock <[email protected]> writes:
> [yield* is] just a yielding loop over an iterator that for some reason
> was arbitrarily being restricted to being a generator.
I don't think the restriction you mention was present in the harmony
document, was it?
For what it's worth:
> If I'm implementing an iterator via a generator and I have to perform
> a inner-iteration over an contained iterable (for example, some sort
> of flattening operation) the way I code that inner iteration shouldn't
> depend upon whether or not the implementor of the inner iterable chose
> to use a generator rather than a stateful object as the iterator.
+1
> First why do we need "send" at all. Why not simply allow an argument to
> be passed to "next" (of course, it is already allowed) and leave it up
> to the generator implementation as to whether or not they pay any
> attention to it.
+1
> That leaves only "throw" as an issue. Personally, I'd just make it part
> of the Iterator interface and provide an Iterator abstract class that
> provides
> throw(exception) {throw exception}
> as the default "throw" implementation so most iterator authors don't
> even have to think about it.
+1
Regards,
Andy
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